On this Day in History ... 9th February

09 Feb is in February.

1132 Death of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

1281 Marriage of King John of Scotland and Isabella Warenne

1307 Battle of Loch Ryan and the Execution of the Bruce Brothers

1308 King Edward II and Isabella of France arrive in England

1552 Trial and Execution of Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset and his Supporters

1555 Protestant Executions

1608 Masque of The Hue and Cry After Cupid

1670 Frederick III King Denmark Dies Christian V King Denmark Succeeds

1715 Battle of Preston

See Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Events on the 9th February

On 09 Feb 1132 Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys (age 85) died. His son Madog ap Maredudd Mathrafal Prince Powys succeeded Prince Powys.

On 09 Feb 1281 John "Empty Coat" I King Scotland (age 32) and Isabella Warenne were married. She the daughter of John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 50) and Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 09 Feb 1307 the Battle of Loch Ryan was a victory of local forces, led by Dungal MacDowall, supporter of King Edward I, over a force consisting of 1000 men and eighteen galleys led by Thomas Bruce (age 23) and Alexander Bruce (age 22), brothers of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland (age 32), supported by Malcolm McQuillan, Lord of Kintyre, and Sir Reginald Crawford. Only two galleys escaped. Malcolm McQuillan was captured an summarily executed.

Thomas Bruce (age 23), Alexander Bruce (age 22) and Reginald Crawford were hanged (possibly hanged, drawn and quartered) at Carlisle, Cumberland [Map].

Calendars. On 07 Feb 1308 King Edward II of England (age 23) and Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 13) returned from their wedding in Boulogne sur Mer [Map] to Dover, Kent [Map].

07 Feb 1308. Be it remembered that on Wednesday after the Purification, Edward II (age 23), the king, returning from beyond seas, to wit, from Boulogne sur Mer [Map], where he took to wife Isabel (age 13), daughter of the king of France (age 39), touched at Dover, Kent [Map] in his barge about the ninth hour [1500], Hugh le Despenser (age 46) and the lord of Castellione of Gascony being in his company, and the Queen a little afterward touched there with certain ladies accompanying her, and because the great seal which had been taken with him beyond seas then remained in the keeping of the keeper of the wardrobe who could not arrive on that day, no writ was sealed from the hour of the king's coming until Friday following on which day the bishop of Chichester, chancellor, about the ninth hour [1500] delivered to the king in his chamber in Dover castle [Map] the seal used in England during the king's absence, and the king, receiving the same, delivered it to William de Melton (age 33), controller of the wardrobe, and forthwith delivered with his own hand to the chancellor the great seal under the seal of J. de Benstede, keeper of the wardrobe, and Master John Painter Fraunceis, in the presence of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster (age 30), Peter, Earl of Cornwall (age 24), and Hugh le Despenser (age 46), William Martyn and William Inge, knights, and Adam de Osgodby, clerk; and the chancellor on that day after lunch in his room (hospicio) in God's House, Dover, sealed writs with the great seal.

Calendars. 09 Feb 1308 King Edward II of England (age 23). Dover, Kent [Map]. To Alice, late wife of Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk and Marshall of England. Order to meet the king at Dover, Kent [Map] on his return from France with his consort about Sunday next after the Feast of the Purification of St Mary. Witnessed by Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall (age 24).

The like to:

Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford and Essex (age 25).

Henry de Lancastre (age 27).

Robert de Monte Alto.

Almaric de Sancto Amando[Ibid].

To R Archbishop of Canterbury (age 63). Order to attend the king's coronaion on Sunday next after the feast of St Valentine [14 Feb] at Westminster [Map], to execute what pertains to his office.

To the Sheriff of Surrey. Order to proclaim in market towns, etc., that no knight, esquire, or other shall, under pain of forfeiture, pressure to tourney or make jousts or bordices (torneare, justos seu burdseicas facere), or otherwise go armed at Croydon, Surrey [Map] or elsewhere before the king's coronation.

On 09 Feb 1498 John Welles 1st Viscount Welles (age 48) died in London. Viscount Welles extinct. His will reads ...

In the name of oure Lorde Jeshu, Amen. I, John, Viscounte lorde Wellis (age 48), uncle to the Kynge (age 41), oure soveraigne lorde, and brodre to the right noble prynces, Margaret, countes of Richemond (age 54), naturall and dere modre to oure said soveregne lord, beyng of goode and hole memory, ye viij daie of February, the yere of oure Lorde God 1498, and in the xiiij yere of the regne of our saide soverayne lorde, make this my testament. My bodie to be buried in suche place as [to] the kynge (age 41), the quene (age 31), my lady, his moder (age 54), and my lady, my wife (age 28), shalbe thought, most convenyent, and the costis and charge of the same burying, the obsequyes, masses, funeralles and all oder thynges therto convenyent and necessarie. And also I remyt the makyng of my tumbe to the ordre and discrecionn of my saide soverayne lady the quene (age 31), my lady his modre, and my wife (age 28). And after these charges and costis aforesaid had and done, I will that all the dettis nowe by me dewe or to be dewe be treuly contented and paied. And I will that to the honour of Almighty God in the aulter afore which my bodie shall next lie my executors shall delyver a pair of candelstickes of silver, a masse booke covered with clothe of goolde, a chales of silver and gilte, a vestament of blewe velvet enbrodered with my armes, a pair of litle cruettes of silver and parcellis gilte, and a crosse of silver p[arcell] gilt, which 1 will do remayne there to serve Almyghty God with for ever and in noo oder place. Also I geve and bequethe to my dere beloved lady and wife Cecille (age 28), for terme of her life, all my castelles, manors, landes and tenements, aswell suche as I have purchased as all odre duryng only her life, whome I trust above all oder, that if my goodes and catallis wilnot suffice for the performance of this my laste will, that she will thenne of the revenues of the profittes of my inheritance perform this my laste will. Also I will that a preste be founde for ever after my said wifes decease to sey masse daily for my sowle and all Cristen sowles at the said aulter of the yerely revenues of my purchased landes, and over which my saide lady hath promysed me faithfully to purchase to the same entent if my saide purchased landes suffice not therto. And I will yt suche residue as shall fortune to be of my goodes that my saide dere beloved lady aud wife have theym to her owne use. And I make executors the saide Cecill (age 28), my dere beloved wife, and Sr Raynold Bray (age 58), knyght, and in my mooste humble wise beseche my said soverayne lorde the kyng and the quenes grace, my lady the kynges modre, to be supervisours.

Letters and Papers 1533. 09 Feb 1533. 142. The King and the Lady (age 32) have never before spoken so much nor so openly of the accomplishment of their matrimonial purpose. The other day the Lady (age 32) told a priest who wished to enter her service that he must wait a little until she had celebrated her marriage with the King. She keeps the Queen's jewels, and there is nothing said about returning them.

The month fixed in the brief sent to the King is nearly passed, and there are no signs of his obeying it. A sentence only would be of effect. If, meanwhile, the Pope would decree a good excommunication against the Lady if she did not stay away from Court, the King would have less occasion to complain than if it were decreed against himself, and the people more liberty of speaking against her, and remonstrating with the King "se pouvant declairer interdict partout ou elle passeroit" * * * 9 Feb. 1533.

Fr., pp. 12. From a modern copy.

Letters and Papers 1533. 09 Feb 1533. 142. A sentence is the sovereign and only remedy, and the Queen says that the King would not struggle against it, if only from fear of his subjects, who are not only well disposed to your Majesty and the Queen, but for the most part good Catholics, and would not live in excommunication and under an interdict. The King would, therefore, be forced to obey the sentence. If a tumult arose, I do not know if the Lady (age 32), who is hated by all the world, would escape with her life and jewels. If the Pope does not take care, and that soon, he will lose his authority here little by little, and his censures will not be regarded. Besides, the sentence could not come at a better time than now, when there is war with Scotland; for if, in consequence of the interdict, they could have no intercourse with Flanders and Spain, there would be such excitement against the King and his Council as never was before. Would not have written thus, as your Majesty knows the importance of affairs better than any one else, but the Queen commanded me to do so.

It appears clearly that the King only demands the remission of the cause to cause delay, and make it immortal; for while it was before the Cardinals here, he took no trouble to produce witnesses or instruments, but only insisted on a sentence, as the process must have ended in a sentence in his favor. What can he add now, except that he wishes to examine witnesses as to the consummation of the first marriage, for which there would be no reason to insist on the scheme proposed, as the Rota would grant demissoria to examine them here, if he wished?

As to what the Pope said to your Majesty, that if the King wished to appear at Rome, he would be heard, notwithstanding his previous contumacy, and his Holiness would be obliged to give him long delays:—this is true and reasonable, but, on the other hand, there is a point which the King well knows, and which counterbalances nearly everything else, as the King knows. It is this: if he appears and demands such things, he must first obey the brief. On this hangs the key of the whole matter.

To increase the Queen's suspicion that the sudden promotion of the archbishop of Canterbury was for the purpose of attempting something against her, she has recently been informed that the King boasted more than twice that, if the Pope did not grant what he sent Dr. Bonart to ask, who is going tomorrow, he would have his case tried directly the bulls arrived here. She has also heard that four days ago one of the King's chief councillors had assembled several doctors, both clerical and lay, and had proposed to them, on behalf of the King, that the opinion of all theologians was that if the first marriage was consummated, the second was null; and that to prove the consummation, besides the presumption the King had found an instrument, which he showed them, containing an assertion thereof by the King Catholic and the King's father. Having seen this, the whole company said that it only remained for the King to proceed to his purpose by the authority of the archbishop of Canterbury. Since the Queen heard of this, and of the King's joy since the Nuncio has begun to treat of the proposal already mentioned, she has been in the greatest perplexity, and yesterday sent me three messengers one after another, and today two, to urge me to send off the present courier, and write about these matters, as she could not do so herself in consequence of the perturbation of her spirits. The remedy would be for the Pope to defer the expedition of the bulls till the sentence is given or nearly given. I think pretext enough may be found to do this, or an express condition can be put in the bulls, or the form of oath which he has to take, not to hinder the affair. I have spoken to the Nuncio, who says he has previously informed the Pope, and has just done so again. If the Pope knew the report that was current here about the new Archbishop being a Lutheran, he would not be too hasty to admit and confirm him. I hear that he has taken into his service two priests who have several times preached against the Queen, in recompense of the certain danger they were in of being burnt, if it had not been for the lady's father.

Letters and Papers 1533. 09 Feb 1533. 142. On hearing this the Nuncio did not declare the condition which your Majesty sent me, partly because he had not been informed of it by the Pope, and partly because he judged it impossible to induce the King to leave the Lady (age 32), without whom he cannot live for an hour. He feared also incurring the displeasure of her, the King and her relations.

Yesterday, for the second time, the King went to the House of Parliament. He took his seat on his throne, the Nuncio being on his right and the French ambassador on his left. Behind there were all the Lords dressed like the King in their scarlet Parliament robes (chappez). The deputies of the Commons, also in scarlet, presented to the King a lawyer, who had been elected as Speaker (parlamenteur aux estatz), the office being vacated by the promotion of the new Chancellor. The King received him, and conferred on him the Order of knighthood. Nothing else has been done since Parliament met on the 3rd. When the King left, the Nuncio and Ambassador accompanied him to the water, and then were taken back by the dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk to the house, where they dined with the Lords of the Council, and were shown over the house.

Wriothesley's Chronicle 1551. 09 Feb 1552. The 9 of February Sir Michaell Stanope (age 45), knight, was arraigned at Westminster and condempned for felonie, and had judgment to be hanged.

Foxe's Book of Martyrs. 09 Feb 1555. So it was determined, at length, he should still remain in Robert Ingram's house; and the sheriffs, and the sergeants, and other officers did appoint to watch with him that night themselves. His desire was, that he might go to bed that night betimes, saying, that he had many things to remember: and so he did at five of the clock, and slept one sleep soundly, and bestowed the rest of the night in prayer. After he got up in the morning, he desired that no man should be suffered to come into the chamber, that he might he solitary till the hour of execution.

About eight o'clock came Sir John Bridges, Lord Chandos (age 62), with a great band of men, Sir Anthony Kingston (age 47), Sir Edmund Bridges (age 33), and other commissioners appointed to see execution done. At nine o'clock Master Hooper (age 60) was willed to prepare himself to be in a readiness, for the time was at hand. Immediately he was brought down from his chamber by the sheriffs, who were accompanied with bills, glaves, and weapons. When he saw the multitude of weapons, he spake to the sheriffs on this wise "Master Sheriffs," said he, "I am no traitor, neither needed you to have made such a business to bring me to the place where I must suffer; for if ye had willed me, I would have gone alone to the stake, and have troubled none of you all. Afterward, looking upon the multitude of people that were assembled, being by estimation to the number of seven thousand, (for it was market day, and many also came to see his behaviour towards death,) he spake unto those that were about him, saying, "Alas, why be these people assembled and come together? Peradventure they think to hear something of me now, as they have in times past; but, alas! speech is prohibited me. Notwithstanding, the cause of my death is well known unto them. When I was appointed here to be their pastor, I preached unto them true and sincere doctrine; and that, out of the word of God: because I will not now account the same to be heresy and untruth, this kind of death is prepared for me."

So he went forward, led between the two sheriffs (as it were a lamb to the place of slaughter) in a gown of his host's, his hat upon his head, and a staff in his hand to stay himself withal: for the pain of the sciatica, which he had taken in prison, caused him somewhat to halt. All the way being straitly charged not to speak, he could not be perceived once to open his mouth, but beholding the people all the way, which mourned bitterly for him, he would sometimes lift up his eyes towards heaven, and look very cheerfully upon such as he knew: and he was never known, during the time of his being amongst them, to look with so cheerful and rnddy a countenance as he did at that present. When he came to the place appointed where he should die, smilingly he beheld the stake and preparation made for him, which was near unto the great elm tree, over against the college of priests, where he was wont to preach. The place round about the houses and the boughs of the tree were replenished with people; and in the chamber over the college-gate stood the priests of the college.

Then kneeled he down (forasmuch as he could not be suffered to speak unto the people) to prayer, and beckoned six or seven times unto one whom he knew well, to hear the said prayer, to make report thereof in time to come, (pouring tears upon his shoulders and in his bosom,) who gave attentive ears unto the same; the which prayer he made upon the whole creed, wherein he continued the space of half an hour. Now, after he was somewhat entered into his prayer, a box was brought and laid before him upon a stool, with his pardon (or at least-wise it was feigned to be his pardon) from the queen, if he would turn. At the sight whereof he cried, "If you love my soul, away with it! if you love my soul, away with it!" The box being taken away, the Lord Chandos said, "Seeing there is no remedy, despatch him quickly." Master Hooper said, "Good my Lord, I trust your Lordship will give me leave to make an end of my prayers."

continues

Within a space after, a few dry faggots were brought, and a new fire kindled with faggots, (for there were no more reeds,) and that burned at the nether parts, but had small power above, because of the wind, saving that it did burn his hair, and scorch his skin a little. In the time of which fire, even as at the first flame, he prayed, saying mildly and not very loud, (but as one without pains,) "O Jesus, the Son of David, have mercy upon me, and receive my soul!" After the second was spent. he did wipe both his eyes with his hands, and beholding the people, he said with an indifferent loud voice, "For God's love, good people, let me have more fire!"

And all this while his nether parts did burn; for the faggots were so few, that the flame did not burn strongly at his upper parts.

The third fire was kindled within a while after, which was more extreme than the other two: and then the bladders of gunpowder brake, which did him small good, they were so placed, and the wind had such power. In the which fire he prayed with somewhat a loud voice. "Lord Jesus, have mercy upon me; Lord Jesus, have mercy upon me: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!" And these were the last words he was heard to utter. But when he was black in the mouth, and his tongue swollen, that he could not speak, yet his lips went till they were shrunk to the gums: and he knocked his breasts with his hands, until one of his arms fell off, and then knocked still with the other, what time the fat, water, and blood, dropped out at his fingers' ends, until by renewing of the fire his strength was gone, and his hand did cleave fast, in knocking, to the iron upon his breast. So immediately, bowing forwards, he yielded up his spirit.

Thus was he three quarters of an hour or more in the fire. Even as a lamb, patiently he abode the extremity thereof, neither moving forwards, backwards, nor to any side: but, having his nether parts burned, and his bowels fallen out, he died as quietly as a child in his bed. And he now reigneth as a blessed martyr, in the joys of heaven prepared for the faithful in Christ, before the foundations of the world: for whose constancy all Christians are bound to praise God.

On 09 Feb 1608 John Ramsay 1st Earl Holderness (age 28) and Elizabeth Radclyffe Viscountess Haddington were married at Whitehall Palace [Map]. She by marriage Viscountess Haddington. She the daughter of Robert Radclyffe 5th Earl of Sussex (age 34) and Bridget Morrison Countess Sussex.

James I (age 41) gave the bride away and sent the bride a gold cup containing a grant of lands worth an income of £600 per year, also paid off Ramsay's debts of £10,000.

The marriage was celebrated with the Masque of The Hue and Cry After Cupid in the evening of 09 Feb 1608 at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map] written by Ben Johnson (age 36).

The principal masquers, nobles and gentlemen of the Court, appeared in the guise of the twelve signs of the Zodiac; the men, five English and seven Scottish courtiers, were:

Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 33).

Thomas Howard 21st Earl Arundel 4th Earl Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk (age 22).

Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery (age 23).

William Herbert 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 27).

Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 29).

Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk (age 25).

James Hay 1st Earl Carlisle (age 28).

Robert Crichton 8th Lord Sanquhar.

John Kennedy, Master of Mar.

Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick (age 20).

Mr Erskine.

Pepy's Diary. 09 Feb 1665. Up and to my office, where all the morning very busy. At noon home to dinner, and then to my office again, where Sir William Petty (age 41) come, among other things to tell me that Mr. Barlow1 is dead; for which, God knows my heart, I could be as sorry as is possible for one to be for a stranger, by whose death he gets £100 per annum, he being a worthy, honest man; but after having considered that when I come to consider the providence of God by this means unexpectedly to give me £100 a year more in my estate, I have cause to bless God, and do it from the bottom of my heart. So home late at night, after twelve o'clock, and so to bed.

Note 1. Thomas Barlow, Pepys's predecessor as Clerk of the Acts, to whom he paid part of the salary. Barlow held the office jointly with Dennis Fleeting.

On 09 Feb 1670 Frederick III King Denmark (age 60) died. His son Christian V King Denmark and Norway (age 23) succeeded V King Denmark and Norway. Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 19) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway.

On 09 Feb 1677 Françoise Marie Bourbon Duchess Orléans was born illegitimately to Louis "Sun King" XIV King France (age 38) and Françoise Athénaïs Marquise Montespan (age 36).

On 09 Feb 1709 George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon was born to Henry Vernon (age 22) and Anne Pigot at Sudbury, Suffolk [Map].

On 09 Feb 1711 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury (age 39) and Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury (age 31).

The 1715 Battle of Preston was the final action of the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion. It commenced on 09 Nov 1715 when Jacobite cavalry entered Preston [Map]. Royalist troops arrived in number over the next few days surrounding Preston forcing the Jaocbite surrender. 1463 were taken prisoner of which 463 were English. The Scottish prisoners included:

George Seton 5th Earl of Winton (age 37). The only prisoner to plead not guilty, sentenced to death, escaped from the Tower of London [Map] on 04 Aug 1716 around nine in the evening. Travelled to France then to Rome.

On 24 Feb 1716 William Gordon 6th Viscount Kenmure was beheaded on Tower Hill [Map].

On 09 Feb 1716 William Maxwell 5th Earl Nithsale was sentenced to be executed on 24 Feb 1716. The night before his wife (age 35) effected his escape from the Tower of London [Map] by exchanging his clothes with those of her maid. They travelled to Paris then to Rome where the court of James "Old Pretender" Stewart (age 26) was.

James Radclyffe 3rd Earl Derwentwater (age 25) was imprisoned in the Tower of London [Map]. He was examined by the Privy Council on 10 Jan 1716 and impeached on 19 Jan 1716. He pleaded guilty in the expectation of clemency. He was attainted and condemned to death. Attempts were made to procure his pardon. His wife Anna Maria Webb Countess Derwentwater (age 23), her sister Mary Webb Countess Waldegrave (age 20) [Note. Assumed to be her sister Mary], their aunt Anne Brudenell Duchess Richmond (age 44), Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland appealed to King George I of Great Britain and Ireland (age 54) in person without success.

On 24 Feb 1716 James Radclyffe 3rd Earl Derwentwater (age 25) was beheaded on Tower Hill [Map]. Earl Derwentwater, Baronet Radclyffe of Derwentwater in Cumberland forfeit.

William Murray 2nd Lord Nairne was tried on 09 Feb 1716 for treason, found guilty, attainted, and condemned to death. He survived long enough to benefit from the Indemnity Act of 1717.

General Thomas Forster of Adderstone (age 31) was attainted. He was imprisoned at Newgate Prison, London [Map] but escaped to France.

On 14 May 1716 Henry Oxburgh was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn [Map]. He was buried at Church of St Gile's in the Fields. His head was spiked on Temple Bar.

The trials and sentences were overseen by the Lord High Steward William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper (age 50) for which he subsequently received his Earldom.

On 09 Feb 1716 Mary Reynolds was born to Samuel Reynolds Schoolmaster.

On 09 Feb 1815 Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz was born.

Archaeologia Volume 30 Section IV. 09 Feb 1843. Account of the opening by Matthew Bell, Esq. of an ancient British Barrow, in Iffins Wood [Map], near Canterbury, in the month of January, 1842, in a Letter from John Yonge Akerman (age 36) Esq. F.S.A., to Sir Henry Ellis, K.H., F.R.S., Secretary.

Read 9th February 1843.

On 08 Feb 1911 Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell 3rd Earl Cawdor (age 63) died. His son Hugh Campbell 4th Earl Cawdor (age 41) succeeded 4th Earl Cawdor of Castlemartin in Pembrokeshire. Joan Emily Thynne Countess Cawdor (age 38) by marriage Countess Cawdor of Castlemartin in Pembrokeshire.

09 Feb 1911. Times Newspaper Obituaries. DEATH OF LORD CAWDOR. We record with much regret that Lord Cawdor (age 63) died peacefully in his sleep at 5:45 yesterday morning, a few days before his 64th birthday. Baroness Cadogan (age 67) and the members of their family were present. He had keen ill for some time. We announced on November 30 that he was suffering from an attack of tonsilitis. Just before Christmns be caught a chill while recoveing from this attack, and had to enter a nursing home. Early in January his illness began to take a serious turn and since then, though he rallied wonderfully from time to time, he steadily lost strength. Royal Sympathy. The King and Queen Alexandra (age 66) have sent telegms expressing deep sympathy with the family.

Births on the 9th February

On 09 Feb 1274 Saint Louis Capet Bishop Toulose was born to Charles II King Naples (age 20) and Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples (age 17). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 09 Feb 1323 Margaret Brabant Countess Nevers and Flanders was born to John Brabant III Duke Brabant (age 23) and Marie Évreux Duchess of Brabant (age 20). She a great granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.60%.

Around 09 Feb 1529 Katherine Moyle was born to Thomas Moyle (age 29).

On 09 Feb 1550 Marguerite of Lorraine was born to Nicholas of Lorraine Duke of Mercœur (age 25) and Marguerite Egmont (age 33). She died young.

Around 09 Feb 1554 John Philipps 1st Baronet was born to Morgan Philipps (age 29) and Elizabeth Fletcher (age 54).

On 09 Feb 1594 Johann Georg Oldenburg was born to John "Younger" Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg (age 48) and Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt (age 20).

On 09 Feb 1671 Catherine Stewart was born to James Duke of York (age 37) and Anne Hyde Duchess of York (age 33). She was baptised by Bishop Nathaniel Crew 3rd Baron Crew (age 38).

On 09 Feb 1672 Maria Anna Antonia Habsburg Spain was born to Leopold Habsburg Spain I Holy Roman Emperor (age 31) and Margaret Theresa Habsburg Holy Roman Empress (age 20). She died on 23 Feb 1672 aged two weeks. Coefficient of inbreeding 30.98%.

On 09 Feb 1677 Françoise Marie Bourbon Duchess Orléans was born illegitimately to Louis "Sun King" XIV King France (age 38) and Françoise Athénaïs Marquise Montespan (age 36).

On 09 Feb 1697 James Johnstone 3rd Baronet was born to William Johnstone 2nd Baronet (age 34).

On or before 09 Feb 1708 Charles Bunbury 4th Baronet was born to Henry Bunbury 3rd Baronet (age 31) and Susannah Hanmer Lady Bunbury (age 31). He was baptised at Chester Cathedral [Map] on 09 Feb 1708.

On 09 Feb 1709 George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon was born to Henry Vernon (age 22) and Anne Pigot at Sudbury, Suffolk [Map].

On 09 Feb 1711 Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury (age 39) and Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury (age 31).

On 09 Feb 1716 Mary Reynolds was born to Samuel Reynolds Schoolmaster.

On 09 Feb 1747 John Thomas Duckworth 1st Baronet was born.

On 09 Feb 1766 Major-General John Le Marchant was born.

On 09 Feb 1772 John Gore was born to John Gore (age 48) in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny.

On 09 Feb 1777 Henry Devereux 14th Viscount Hereford was born to George Devereux 13th Viscount Hereford (age 32) and Marianna Devereux Viscountess Hereford.

On 09 Feb 1782 John Cæsar Hawkins 3rd Baronet was born to John Hawkins.

On 09 Feb 1791 Charlotte Eyre was born to Archdeacon John Eyre (age 33).

On 09 Feb 1803 Thomas George Skipwith 9th Baronet was born to Grey Skipwith 8th Baronet (age 31) and Harriet Townsend Lady Skipwith (age 24).

On 09 Feb 1810 Benjamin James Chapman 4th Baronet was born to Thomas Chapman 2nd Baronet (age 54).

On 09 Feb 1815 Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz was born.

On 09 Feb 1845 Adrian Jones was born to James Brookholding Jones at Ludlow, Shropshire [Map] to James Brookholding Jones and Jane Marshal.

After 09 Feb 1922 James Colin Crewe was born to Major James Hugh Hamilton Crewe and Annabel Crewe Milnes (age 41).

Marriages on the 9th February

On 09 Feb 1281 John "Empty Coat" I King Scotland (age 32) and Isabella Warenne were married. She the daughter of John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 50) and Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 09 Feb 1321 Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl Arundel 8th Earl Surrey (age 15) and Isabel Despencer Countess Arundel (age 9) were married at Havering atte Bower [Map]. She by marriage Countess Arundel Sussex. He the son of Edmund Fitzalan 9th Earl Arundel (age 35) and Alice Warenne Countess Arundel. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.

After 09 Feb 1491 John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 53) and Anne Harling Baroness Scrope Bolton (age 58) were married. She by marriage Baroness Scrope of Bolton.

On 09 Feb 1527 William Parr 1st Marquess Northampton (age 15) and Anne Bourchier 7th Baroness Bourchier (age 10) were married. They lived apart for the first twelve years of their marriage. She the daughter of Henry Bourchier 2nd Earl Essex 3rd Count Eu and Mary Saye Countess Essex and Eu (age 53). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 09 Feb 1534 Francis Bourbon Duke Estouteville (age 42) and Adrienne Estouteville Duchess Estouteville (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess Saint Pol. He by marriage Duke Estouteville. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons and Marie Luxemburg Countess Vendôme and Soissons. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 09 Feb 1546 Thomas Wentworth 2nd Baron Wentworth (age 21) and Mary Wentworth Baroness Wentworth (age 21) were married. They were third cousin once removed.

On 09 Feb 1568 Henry Cavendish (age 17) and Grace Talbot (age 18) were married. The marriage, unhappy, produced no issue. She being the daughter of his step-father George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 40). She the daughter of George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 40) and Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. He the son of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 41).

On 09 Feb 1608 John Ramsay 1st Earl Holderness (age 28) and Elizabeth Radclyffe Viscountess Haddington were married at Whitehall Palace [Map]. She by marriage Viscountess Haddington. She the daughter of Robert Radclyffe 5th Earl of Sussex (age 34) and Bridget Morrison Countess Sussex.

James I (age 41) gave the bride away and sent the bride a gold cup containing a grant of lands worth an income of £600 per year, also paid off Ramsay's debts of £10,000.

The marriage was celebrated with the Masque of The Hue and Cry After Cupid in the evening of 09 Feb 1608 at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map] written by Ben Johnson (age 36).

The principal masquers, nobles and gentlemen of the Court, appeared in the guise of the twelve signs of the Zodiac; the men, five English and seven Scottish courtiers, were:

Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 33).

Thomas Howard 21st Earl Arundel 4th Earl Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk (age 22).

Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery (age 23).

William Herbert 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 27).

Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 29).

Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk (age 25).

James Hay 1st Earl Carlisle (age 28).

Robert Crichton 8th Lord Sanquhar.

John Kennedy, Master of Mar.

Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick (age 20).

Mr Erskine.

On 09 Feb 1619 Humphrey Ferrers and Anne Pakington (age 20) were married at Kensington.

Before 09 Feb 1697 William Strudwick (age 45) and Jane Knightley (age 41) were married.

On 09 Feb 1749 Thomas Duncombe (age 24) and Diana Howard (age 26) were married. She the daughter of Henry Howard 4th Earl Carlisle (age 54) and Frances Spencer Countess Carlisle.

On 09 Feb 1769 Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl Liverpool (age 39) and Amelia Watts (age 18) were married at St Mary's Church, Bryanston Square, Marylebone. The difference in their ages was 21 years.

On 09 Feb 1808 John Fletcher aka Boughey 2nd Baronet (age 23) and Henrietta Dorothy Chetwode were married. They had eleven children.

Before 09 Feb 1810 Charles Fitzroy (age 45) and Frances Stewart (age 32) were married. She the daughter of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 70) and Frances Pratt Marchioness Londonderry (age 59). He the son of Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton (age 74) and Anne Liddell Duchess Grafton. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 09 Feb 1818 Edward Herbert 2nd Earl Powis (age 32) and Lucy Graham Countess Powis (age 24) were married. She the daughter of James Graham 3rd Duke Montrose (age 62) and Caroline Maria Montagu Duchess Montrose. He the son of Edward Clive 1st Earl Powis (age 63) and Henrietta Antonia Herbert 3rd Countess Powis (age 59). He a great x 4 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 09 Feb 1826 Thomas Lister 2nd Baron Ribblesdale (age 36) and Adelaide Lister (age 18) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ribblesdale of Gisburne Park in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

On 09 Feb 1858 Gerald Henry Brabazon Ponsonby (age 28) and Maria Emma Catherine Coventry (age 21) were married. He the son of John Ponsonby 4th Earl Bessborough and Maria Fane.

On 09 Feb 1858 Vice-Admiral Henry Bagot (age 47) and Eleanor Chandos-Pole (age 15) were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years. He the son of Bishop Richard Bagot and Harriet Villiers (age 70).

On 09 Feb 1875 Gerald William Lascelles (age 25) and Constance Augusta Mary FitzClarence Phillipson (age 24) were married. He the son of Henry Thynne Lascelles 4th Earl Harewood (age 50) and Elizabeth Joanna Burgh.

On 09 Feb 1884 Ivo Bligh 8th Earl Darnley (age 25) and Florence Bligh Countess of Darnley (age 24) were married at St. Mary's Church Sunbury. The reception was held at Rupertswood Melbourne. He the son of John Stuart Bligh 6th Earl Darnley (age 56) and Harriet Mary Pelham Countess Darnley (age 55).

On 09 Feb 1902 Henry Herbert Wombwell 5th Baronet (age 61) and Myrtle Mabel Muriel Mostyn (age 32) were married. The difference in their ages was 28 years.

On 09 Feb 1907 Walter Spencer Morgan Burns and Ruth Evelyn Cavendish-Bentinck (age 23) were married.

On 09 Feb 1915 Francis William Lawrance Venables-Vernon 9th Baron Vernon (age 26) and Violet Miriam Nightingale Clay Baroness Vernon (age 20) were married.

On 09 Feb 1922 Major James Hugh Hamilton Crewe and Annabel Crewe Milnes (age 41) were married. She the daughter of Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe (age 64) and Sibyl Marcia Graham Baroness Houghton.

On 09 Feb 1928 James Edward Hamilton 4th Duke Abercorn (age 24) and Kathleen Hamilton Duchess of Abercorn (age 22) were married at St Martin in the Fields [Map]. He the son of James Albert Edward Hamilton 3rd Duke Abercorn (age 58) and Rosalind Cecilia Caroline Bingham Duchess Abercorn (age 58).

Before 09 Feb 1934 Admiral Frederick Dundas Gilpin-Brown (age 67) and Vera Rawdon Scott (age 52) were married.

On 09 Feb 1940 William David Ormsby-Gore 5th Baron Harlech (age 21) and Sylvia Thomas Baroness Harlech were married.

On 09 Feb 1963 Alexander McDonnell 9th Earl of Antrim (age 28) and Sarah Elizabeth Anne Harmsworth were married. He the son of Randal McDonnell 8th Earl of Antrim (age 51) and Angela Christina Sykes Countess of Antrim (age 51).

Deaths on the 9th February

On 09 Feb 1011 Bernard I Duke of Saxony (age 61) died. His son Bernard II Duke of Saxony (age 16) succeeded II Duke Saxony.

On 09 Feb 1123 Otto Count of Ballenstedt (age 53) died.

On 09 Feb 1132 Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys (age 85) died. His son Madog ap Maredudd Mathrafal Prince Powys succeeded Prince Powys.

On 09 Feb 1251 Matthias Metz II Duke Lorraine (age 58) died. His son Frederick Metz III Duke Lorraine (age 11) succeeded III Duke Lorraine. Margaret Blois Duchess Lorraine by marriage Duchess Lorraine.

On 09 Feb 1256 Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey (age 32) died.

On 09 Feb 1307 the Battle of Loch Ryan was a victory of local forces, led by Dungal MacDowall, supporter of King Edward I, over a force consisting of 1000 men and eighteen galleys led by Thomas Bruce (age 23) and Alexander Bruce (age 22), brothers of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland (age 32), supported by Malcolm McQuillan, Lord of Kintyre, and Sir Reginald Crawford. Only two galleys escaped. Malcolm McQuillan was captured an summarily executed.

Thomas Bruce (age 23), Alexander Bruce (age 22) and Reginald Crawford were hanged (possibly hanged, drawn and quartered) at Carlisle, Cumberland [Map].

On 09 Feb 1434 Thomas Erdington (age 63) died.

On 09 Feb 1446 Thomas Knollys (age 56) died. He was buried at the Church of St Antholin, Budge Row where his epitaph reads:

Thomas Knolles lieth under this stone, and his wife Isabell, flesh and bone; they were together nineteen years and X children they had in fear. his father and he to this church many good deeds they did work. Example by him you may see that this world is but vanity. for whether he be small or great all shall turn to wormy meat. This said Thomas was laid on bier the eighth day the month February, the date of Jesus Christ truly MCCC five and forty. We may not pray, heartily pray ye for our souls, Pater Noster and Ave. The sooner of our pain lessened to be, grant us the Holy Trinity. Amen

On 09 Feb 1450 Agnès Sorel (age 28) died.

On 09 Feb 1488 Jobst Nikolaus Hohenzollern (age 55) died.

On 09 Feb 1498 John Welles 1st Viscount Welles (age 48) died in London. Viscount Welles extinct. His will reads ...

In the name of oure Lorde Jeshu, Amen. I, John, Viscounte lorde Wellis (age 48), uncle to the Kynge (age 41), oure soveraigne lorde, and brodre to the right noble prynces, Margaret, countes of Richemond (age 54), naturall and dere modre to oure said soveregne lord, beyng of goode and hole memory, ye viij daie of February, the yere of oure Lorde God 1498, and in the xiiij yere of the regne of our saide soverayne lorde, make this my testament. My bodie to be buried in suche place as [to] the kynge (age 41), the quene (age 31), my lady, his moder (age 54), and my lady, my wife (age 28), shalbe thought, most convenyent, and the costis and charge of the same burying, the obsequyes, masses, funeralles and all oder thynges therto convenyent and necessarie. And also I remyt the makyng of my tumbe to the ordre and discrecionn of my saide soverayne lady the quene (age 31), my lady his modre, and my wife (age 28). And after these charges and costis aforesaid had and done, I will that all the dettis nowe by me dewe or to be dewe be treuly contented and paied. And I will that to the honour of Almighty God in the aulter afore which my bodie shall next lie my executors shall delyver a pair of candelstickes of silver, a masse booke covered with clothe of goolde, a chales of silver and gilte, a vestament of blewe velvet enbrodered with my armes, a pair of litle cruettes of silver and parcellis gilte, and a crosse of silver p[arcell] gilt, which 1 will do remayne there to serve Almyghty God with for ever and in noo oder place. Also I geve and bequethe to my dere beloved lady and wife Cecille (age 28), for terme of her life, all my castelles, manors, landes and tenements, aswell suche as I have purchased as all odre duryng only her life, whome I trust above all oder, that if my goodes and catallis wilnot suffice for the performance of this my laste will, that she will thenne of the revenues of the profittes of my inheritance perform this my laste will. Also I will that a preste be founde for ever after my said wifes decease to sey masse daily for my sowle and all Cristen sowles at the said aulter of the yerely revenues of my purchased landes, and over which my saide lady hath promysed me faithfully to purchase to the same entent if my saide purchased landes suffice not therto. And I will yt suche residue as shall fortune to be of my goodes that my saide dere beloved lady aud wife have theym to her owne use. And I make executors the saide Cecill (age 28), my dere beloved wife, and Sr Raynold Bray (age 58), knyght, and in my mooste humble wise beseche my said soverayne lorde the kyng and the quenes grace, my lady the kynges modre, to be supervisours.

On 09 Feb 1522 Anne Saye (age 42) died.

On 09 Feb 1546 Edmund Jerningham died.

On 09 Feb 1550 Edmund Walsingham (age 70) died. He was buried at Scadbury Chapel, Church of St Nicholas, Chislehurst.

On 09 Feb 1551 Richard Manners (age 42) died.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 09 Feb 1560. The ix day of Feybruary at after-none, a-bowtt iij of the cloke, wher v [5] men wher hangyd at sant Thomas of watherynges [Map]; one was captayn Jenkes and (blank) Ward and (blank) Walles and (blank) Beymont and a-nodur man, and they wher browth up in ware [war] all ther lyffes,-for a grett roberre done.

On 09 Feb 1585 Katherine Moyle (age 56) died.

On 09 Feb 1589 Valentine Browne died.

On 09 Feb 1597 Thomas Browne (age 62) died at West Betchworth.

On 09 Feb 1605 Filippo Emanuele Prince of Piedmont (age 18) died of smallpox at Valladolid. His brother Victor Amadeus I Duke of Savoy (age 17) succeeded Duke Savoy.

On 09 Feb 1612 Vincenzo Gonzaga III Duke Mantua (age 49) died.

On 09 Feb 1615 Philip Grey (age 39) died.

Before 09 Feb 1616 Thomas Knyvet 4th Baron Berners (age 77) died. He was buried on 09 Feb 1616. His grandson Thomas Knyvet 5th Baron Berners (age 19) de jure 5th Baron Berners. He would maintain his claim to the Barony for several years, but never succeed in obtaining it.

On 09 Feb 1626 Amyas Bampfylde of Poltimore and North Molton (age 66) died.

On 09 Feb 1643 Sidney Godolphin (age 33) was shot and killed during a skirmish at Chagford, Devon. He was buried at All Saints Church Okehampton, Devon.

On 09 Feb 1649 Nicholas Saunders of Nonsuch and Ewell in Surrey (age 86) died.

On 09 Feb 1670 Frederick III King Denmark (age 60) died. His son Christian V King Denmark and Norway (age 23) succeeded V King Denmark and Norway. Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 19) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway.

On 09 Feb 1674 Charles Scott Earl Doncaster (age 1) died.

Before 09 Feb 1682 Lucy Montagu Baroness Coleraine (age 72) died.

On or before 09 Feb 1684 George Browne died. He was buried on 09 Feb 1684 at St Giles in the Fields Church, Camden [Map].

On 09 Feb 1690 William Coke died.

On 09 Feb 1693 William Turner (age 77) died unmarried.

On 09 Feb 1697 Jane Knightley (age 41) died.

On 09 Feb 1704 Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington (age 36) died. His son Richard Boyle 3rd Earl Burlington (age 9) succeeded 3rd Earl Burlington, 5th Baron Clifford.

On 09 Feb 1708 Mary Browne (age 73) died.

The 1715 Battle of Preston was the final action of the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion. It commenced on 09 Nov 1715 when Jacobite cavalry entered Preston [Map]. Royalist troops arrived in number over the next few days surrounding Preston forcing the Jaocbite surrender. 1463 were taken prisoner of which 463 were English. The Scottish prisoners included:

George Seton 5th Earl of Winton (age 37). The only prisoner to plead not guilty, sentenced to death, escaped from the Tower of London [Map] on 04 Aug 1716 around nine in the evening. Travelled to France then to Rome.

On 24 Feb 1716 William Gordon 6th Viscount Kenmure was beheaded on Tower Hill [Map].

On 09 Feb 1716 William Maxwell 5th Earl Nithsale was sentenced to be executed on 24 Feb 1716. The night before his wife (age 35) effected his escape from the Tower of London [Map] by exchanging his clothes with those of her maid. They travelled to Paris then to Rome where the court of James "Old Pretender" Stewart (age 26) was.

James Radclyffe 3rd Earl Derwentwater (age 25) was imprisoned in the Tower of London [Map]. He was examined by the Privy Council on 10 Jan 1716 and impeached on 19 Jan 1716. He pleaded guilty in the expectation of clemency. He was attainted and condemned to death. Attempts were made to procure his pardon. His wife Anna Maria Webb Countess Derwentwater (age 23), her sister Mary Webb Countess Waldegrave (age 20) [Note. Assumed to be her sister Mary], their aunt Anne Brudenell Duchess Richmond (age 44), Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland appealed to King George I of Great Britain and Ireland (age 54) in person without success.

On 24 Feb 1716 James Radclyffe 3rd Earl Derwentwater (age 25) was beheaded on Tower Hill [Map]. Earl Derwentwater, Baronet Radclyffe of Derwentwater in Cumberland forfeit.

William Murray 2nd Lord Nairne was tried on 09 Feb 1716 for treason, found guilty, attainted, and condemned to death. He survived long enough to benefit from the Indemnity Act of 1717.

General Thomas Forster of Adderstone (age 31) was attainted. He was imprisoned at Newgate Prison, London [Map] but escaped to France.

On 14 May 1716 Henry Oxburgh was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn [Map]. He was buried at Church of St Gile's in the Fields. His head was spiked on Temple Bar.

The trials and sentences were overseen by the Lord High Steward William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper (age 50) for which he subsequently received his Earldom.

Before 09 Feb 1718 Richard Roundell (age 37) died.

On 09 Feb 1719 George Chudleigh 3rd Baronet (age 79) died. His son George Chudleigh 4th Baronet (age 9) succeeded 4th Baronet Chudleigh of Ashton in Devon.

Before 09 Feb 1720 Dorothy Carey died.

On 09 Feb 1740 Joseph Ashley of Great Broughton died.

On 09 Feb 1742 Catherine Chamberlayne Viscountess Wenman (age 74) died.

On 09 Feb 1756 George Morton Pitt (age 63) died.

On 09 Feb 1762 William Molesworth (age 29) died.

On 09 Feb 1767 Caroline Stanhope (age 19) died.

On 09 Feb 1781 Selina Bathhurst Baroness Ranelagh died.

On 04 Feb 1787 Robert Farquhar (age 88) died. He was buried at Blairdaff and Chapel of Garioch Church [Map] on 09 Feb 1787.

Caledonian Mercury - Thursday 15 February 1787, p 3: Extract of a letter from Aberdeen, Feb 13. "On Sunday, the 4th instant, died at Manse of chapel of Garioch, the Rev. Mr Robert Farquhar, minister of that parish, in the 88th year of his age and 51st of his ministry."

On 09 Feb 1793 Mary Bernard died.

On 09 Feb 1795 Thomas Parker 3rd Earl Macclesfield (age 71) died. His son George Parker 4th Earl Macclesfield (age 39) succeeded 4th Earl Macclesfield. Mary Frances Drake Countess Macclesfield by marriage Countess Macclesfield.

On 09 Feb 1802 Aubrey Beauclerk 5th Duke St Albans (age 61) died. He was buried at Hanworth. His son Aubrey Beauclerk 6th Duke St Albans (age 36) succeeded 6th Duke St Albans, 6th Earl Burford, 6th Baron Heddington.

On 09 Feb 1802 Admiral Thomas Graves 1st Baron Graves (age 76) died. His son Thomas North Graves 2nd Baron Graves (age 26) succeeded 2nd Baron Graves of Gravesend in Londonderry.

On 09 Feb 1809 Sarah Earle (age 91) died.

On 09 Feb 1810 Frances Stewart (age 32) died.

On 09 Feb 1827 Maria Juliana Garard died.

On 09 Feb 1833 Harriet Rochfort D'Oyly (age 47) died at Bologna. She was buried in the Cimitero Monumentale della Certosa, Bologna, Italy.

On 09 Feb 1844 William Atkins Bowyer (age 65) died.

On 09 Feb 1844 Sophia Frances Chaplin died.

On 09 Feb 1854 Mary Fountaine died.

On 09 Feb 1856 Emily Elizabeth Fitzgerald (age 77) died.

On 09 Feb 1863 Nicholas Bacon (age 76) died.

On 09 Feb 1867 Charles Langton Massingberd (age 51) died.

On 09 Feb 1877 Alexander Keiller (age 55) died.

On 09 Feb 1878 Reverend Horace Mann Blakiston (age 58) died.

On 09 Feb 1881 John Thynne (age 82) died.

On 09 Feb 1883 Thomas Cholmondeley (age 64) died.

On 09 Feb 1890 Sophia Holden died.

On 09 Feb 1897 George Price Boyce (age 70) died.

On 09 Feb 1899 Charles Henry Gurney (age 65) died.

On 09 Feb 1903 Elizabeth Boddie Lady Fleming (age 83) died.

On 09 Feb 1904 Samuel George Brooke-Pechell 6th Baronet (age 51) died. His brother Augustus Alexander Brooke-Pechell 7th Baronet (age 46) succeeded 7th Baronet Brooke-Pechell of Paglesham in Essex.

On 09 Feb 1905 Valentine Browne 4th Earl of Kenmare (age 79) died. His son Valentine Charles Browne 5th Earl of Kenmare (age 44) succeeded 4th Earl Kenmare, 5th Viscount Kenmare.

On 09 Feb 1907 Beatrix Jane Craven Countess Cadogan (age 62) died.

On 09 Feb 1908 Margaret Holford Countess Morley (age 53) died.

On 08 Feb 1911 Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell 3rd Earl Cawdor (age 63) died. His son Hugh Campbell 4th Earl Cawdor (age 41) succeeded 4th Earl Cawdor of Castlemartin in Pembrokeshire. Joan Emily Thynne Countess Cawdor (age 38) by marriage Countess Cawdor of Castlemartin in Pembrokeshire.

09 Feb 1911. Times Newspaper Obituaries. DEATH OF LORD CAWDOR. We record with much regret that Lord Cawdor (age 63) died peacefully in his sleep at 5:45 yesterday morning, a few days before his 64th birthday. Baroness Cadogan (age 67) and the members of their family were present. He had keen ill for some time. We announced on November 30 that he was suffering from an attack of tonsilitis. Just before Christmns be caught a chill while recoveing from this attack, and had to enter a nursing home. Early in January his illness began to take a serious turn and since then, though he rallied wonderfully from time to time, he steadily lost strength. Royal Sympathy. The King and Queen Alexandra (age 66) have sent telegms expressing deep sympathy with the family.

On 09 Feb 1915 George William Hutton Riddell died.

On 09 Feb 1919 Emily Fenton Armitage (age 55) died. Her funeral at St Philip's Church, Alderley Edge was attended by both the Vicar and the Rector of Alderley, the Rev. C Welland after which her remains were buried at St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley [Map].

On 09 Feb 1922 Constance Harriett Campbell (age 57) died.

On 09 Feb 1931 Frederick Arthur Wellesley (age 86) died.

On 09 Feb 1933 Mary Florence Edith Clements (age 75) died.

On 09 Feb 1934 Admiral Frederick Dundas Gilpin-Brown (age 67) died.

On 09 Feb 1944 Hylda Maria Madeline Willoughby (age 91) died.

On 09 Feb 1976 Dorothy Wilding (age 83) died.

On 09 Feb 1993 Vreda Lascelles Duchess Buccleuch and Queensbury (age 92) died.